Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Securing observing time on the Hubble Space Telescope is a highly desirable and extremely competitive process for astronomers. There are hundreds more projects submitted than can be accommodated, and the selection criteria is stringent. Colgate astronomy professor Jeff Bary and collaborator Tracy Beck of the Space Telescope Science Institute, though, were recently awarded 12 orbits, […]

Psychology professor Carrie Keating studies charisma, physical leadership qualities, and the facial features that suggest power as well as compassion. Last night, she watched the first of four presidential campaign debates for clues to how the candidates are being perceived by voters in the home stretch.

Associate professor Amy Leventer has received another prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This time, she will travel to a relatively unexplored and inaccessible region of East Antarctica — the Totten Glacier and Moscow University Ice Shelf — to investigate the reasons for accelerated ice loss there.

At Colgate University, faculty teach all classes. The advantage of that for students becomes clear when it comes to research. Faculty in all departments and programs closely engage students in research projects – sometimes as early as sophomore year. This summer, more than 100 undergraduates returned to Colgate to work one-on-one with faculty mentors on […]

After Big Bird was bullied on a recent episode of Sesame Street because the other birds said that his feet were too big and he was too yellow to join their club, Jamie Ostrov ’99 was there to offer the muppets advice.

Last week, scientists discovered what might be a fundamental particle called the Higgs boson (a k a The God Particle). Colgate alumnus Ben Cerio ’07, currently a research assistant at Duke University, was part of this exciting  discovery. “The discovery has very deep implications about the origin of mass in the universe” reports Cerio, who is confident that it is the […]

Colgate students and faculty continue to conduct research this summer in a wide variety of locations, including one group of geology majors who spent five and a half weeks in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and several national parks.

Professor Julia Martinez is looking forward to July 4, but it’s not necessarily because of the barbecues or fireworks. Actually, it’s what happens at those events that piques Martinez’s interest, because of their effect on her research. Martinez, assistant professor of psychology, studies drinking, specifically in the college-age group. 

This summer, student researchers working in psychology professor Deb Kreiss’ lab are getting a first-hand experience treating their own obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients — lab rats.

This weekend, Marvee Gay Espiritu ’12 will return to campus to share her perspective on student life with incoming first-years enrolled in the Office of Undergraduate Studies (OUS) summer program. That perspective includes her opportunity to conduct intensive neuroscience research and developing a special mentorship with Jun Yoshino, associate professor of psychology. Espiritu herself had […]